MScore: 6.5/10
Diamond Lion
Artifact Creature — Catrare
, Discard your hand, Sacrifice this creature: Add three mana of any one color. Activate only as an instant.
2/2
Illustrated by Howard Lyon · Magic Online Promos · #91371
Rulings for Diamond Lion
2
2021-06-18
Even though you can only activate this as an instant, it is still a mana ability. It doesn't use the stack and cannot be responded to.
2021-06-18
You can't cast an instant (or activate an ability as an instant) while casting a spell. Therefore, much like Lion's Eye Diamond, you can't activate the ability intending to use the mana to cast a spell from your hand.
All Printings
5
Format Legality
7
Duellegal
Brawlnot legal
Pennylegal
Predhnot legal
Futurenot legal
Legacylegal
Modernlegal
Paupernot legal
Alchemynot legal
Pioneernot legal
Vintagelegal
Historicnot legal
Standardnot legal
, Exile this card from your graveyard: Discover 5. Activate only as a sorcery. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with mana value 5 or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)
: Add one mana of any color. Activate only once each turn.
